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26 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

All submissions should refer to file 

number SR–Phlx–2024–69. This file 

number should be included on the 

subject line if email is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

internet website (https://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the 

submission, all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements 

with respect to the proposed rule 

change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for website viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549, on official 

business days between the hours of 10 

a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing also 

will be available for inspection and 

copying at the principal office of the 

Exchange. Do not include personal 

identifiable information in submissions; 

you should submit only information 

that you wish to make available 

publicly. We may redact in part or 

withhold entirely from publication 

submitted material that is obscene or 

subject to copyright protection. All 

submissions should refer to file number 

SR–Phlx–2024–69 and should be 

submitted on or before January 13, 2025. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.26

Sherry R. Haywood, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30526 Filed 12–20–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

Data Collection Available for Public 

Comments 

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Small Business 

Administration (SBA) intends to request 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for a modification to 

the collection of information described 

below. The Paperwork Reduction Act 

(PRA) requires federal agencies to 

publish a notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information before submission to OMB 

and to allow 60 days for public 

comment in response to the notice. This 

notice complies with that requirement. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this information 

collection must be received on or before 

February 21, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Send all comments by email 

to oii.policy@sba.gov, Paul Van Eyl, 

Policy Division, Office of Investment 

and Innovation, Small Business 

Administration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Van Eyl, Policy Division, 202–798– 

7537, oii.policy@sba.gov, or Curtis B. 

Rich, Agency Clearance Officer, 202– 

205–7030, curtis.rich@sba.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To obtain 

the information needed to carry out its 

oversight and risk management 

responsibilities under the Small 

Business Investment Act of 1958, as 

amended (the Act), the SBA requires 

applicants to the Small Business 

Investment Company (SBIC) program to 

submit information necessary for SBA to 

make decisions regarding the approval 

or denial of an applicant for an SBIC 

license. SBA uses this information to 

assess an applicant’s ability to 

successfully operate an SBIC within the 

scope of the Act. 

Solicitation of Public Comments: SBA 

is requesting comments on (a) Whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the agency to properly 

perform its mission and functions with 

respect to the SBIC program; (b) whether 

the burden estimates are accurate; (c) 

whether there are ways to minimize the 

burden, including through the use of 

automated techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and (d) whether 

there are ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information. 

OMB Control Number 3245–0063 

Title: SBIC Management Assessment 

Questionnaire (MAQ) and License 

Application. 

SBA Form Number: 2181 (Short Form, 

Long Form, and Subsequent Fund 

MAQ). 

Description of Respondents: Small 

Business Investment Company 

Applicants. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

275. 

Estimated Annual Responses: 275. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 17,750. 

Curtis Rich, 

Agency Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30519 Filed 12–20–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2024–0041] 

Rate for Assessment on Direct 

Payment of Fees to Representatives in 

2025 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration 

(SSA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are announcing the 

assessment percentage rate under the 

Social Security Act (Act) is 6.3 percent 

for 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mona B. Ahmed, Associate General 

Counsel for Program Law, Office of the 

General Counsel, Social Security 

Administration, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401. 

Phone: (410) 965–0600, email 

Mona.Ahmed@ssa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A 

claimant may appoint a qualified 

individual as a representative to act on 

their behalf in matters before the Social 

Security Administration (SSA). If the 

claimant is entitled to past-due benefits 

and was represented either by an 

attorney or by a non-attorney 

representative who has met certain 

prerequisites, the Act provides that we 

shall withhold up to 25 percent of the 

past-due benefits and use that money to 

pay the representative’s approved fee 

directly to the representative. 

When we pay the representative’s 

authorized fee directly to the 

representative, we must collect from 

that fee payment an assessment to 

recover the costs we incur in 

determining and paying representatives’ 

fees. The Act provides that the 

assessment we collect will be the lesser 

of two amounts: a specified dollar limit; 

or the amount determined by 

multiplying the fee we are paying by the 

assessment percentage rate. (Sections 

206(d), 206(e), and 1631(d)(2) of the Act, 

42 U.S.C. 406(d), 406(e), and 

1383(d)(2).) 

The Act initially set the dollar limit 

at $75 in 2004 and provides that the 

limit will be adjusted annually based on 

changes in the cost-of-living. (Sections 

206(d)(2)(A) and 1631(d)(2)(C)(ii)(I) of 

the Act, 42 U.S.C. 406(d)(2)(A) and 

1383(d)(2)(C)(ii)(I).) The maximum 

dollar limit for the assessment currently 

is $120, as we announced in the Federal 

Register on October 25, 2024 (89 FR 

85276). 

The Act requires us each year to set 

the assessment percentage rate at the 

lesser of 6.3 percent or the percentage 

rate necessary to achieve full recovery of 

the costs we incur to determine and pay 


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